Deborah A. Chimes

Profile data snapshot: February 19, 2026 Details may have changed since.

As of February 19, 2026, Judge Deborah A. Chimes presides in the Supreme Court of Erie County, having served on the bench for 23 years. Judge Chimes was most recently elected to the bench for a term beginning in 2025 and ending in 2033.

Judicial metrics

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Publication Rate: 0.4 decisions per year

Higher than 63.45% of judges in the dataset

5 published decisions over 13 years

Excessive Sentence Findings: 0 cases

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Excessive Sentence Reductions: 0 years

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Reassigned Reversals: 0 cases

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Public Discipline: 0 determinations

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Suppression Reversal Rate

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Favored Commercial Bonds

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Blocked Affordable Bail

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Disproportionate Carcerality

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Published Decisions

5 decisions

2025

PB-80 Doe v. Amherst Cent. Sch. Dist.

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2022

LG 67 Doe v. Resurrection Lutheran Church

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2021

PB-36 Doe v. Niagara Falls City Sch. Distict

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2021

Reno v. Churchville-Chili Cent. Sch. Dist.

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2020

Torrey v. Portville Cent. Sch.

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NYSCEF Decisions

28 decisions (not counted in Publication Rate calculations)

2025

Kalamata Capital Group, LLC v. Colorado Trailers, Inc.

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2024

Route 90, LLC v. Asurion UBIF Franchise, LLC

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2022

Viglietta v. Asbestos Corp., Ltd.

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2022

Viglietta v. Asbestos Corp., Ltd.

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2022

Weisbrod-Moore v. Cayuga County

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2021

PB-65 Doe v. Niagara Falls City Sch. Dist.

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2021

Friedel v. Asbestos Corp., Ltd.

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2021

Gulczewski v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp.

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2021

LG 51 Doe v. Cazenovia Park Hockey Assn. Inc.

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2021

Mrjaj v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp.

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